1st Employer Based Limited Medical & Voluntary Benefits Conference Announces Some of Its Key Speakers and Key Sponsors

Los Angeles, CA, August 01, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The 1st Limited Medical & Voluntary Benefits Conference, has announced some of its key speakers and key sponsors. The conference takes place October 25th and 26th, 2009 in Los Angeles, California and will feature up to 400 healthcare executives, over 20 sponsors, and over 50 expert speakers. The conference will feature key speakers from CIGNA, Aetna, McDonalds, Black and Decker, and some of the largest associations in the country.

“This is the first limited medical and voluntary benefits conference aimed at mid-size and large employers, associations and affinity groups and large consulting firms and agencies,” said Jessica Leopold, Senior Meeting Manager for the conference. Many mid-size and large employers are starting to look at implementing voluntary benefits and simply have not done this yet. Now that the economy is putting pressure on them, they are starting to look at ways to offer voluntary benefits to employees,” said Ms. Leopold.

The limited medical and voluntary benefits conference will also feature pre-scheduled networking meetings. “We are implementing software so attendees can pre-schedule up to 50 meetings during the conference, which means attendees can get the significant benefit of maximizing their time. This will be one of the only US healthcare conferences and the only voluntary benefits conference that facilitates networking meetings,” Jessica Leopold stated.

The Voluntary Benefits & Limited Medical Conference is the official conference of Worksite Magazine and Voluntary Benefits Magazine.

Some of the key speakers are:

Jo Johnson
Director of Benefits
ABM Industries, Inc.

Christy Goldberg
Manager
U.S. Restaurant Benefits & Compensation
McDonald’s U.S.A., LLC

Colleen DePadua
Manager of Group Insurance
Black & Decker

Alexandra Jung
Senior Vice President
Aon’s Health & Benefits Practice

Jerry Turney
USNOW

Robyn Piper
Piper Jordan, LLC

Ross Pendergraft
President
Los Angeles Association of
Health Underwriters

Robert Frary
Vice President
Symetra Financial

Robert S. Shestack, CES
National Practice Leader
Workplace Voluntary Benefits
TrionTM

Kemal Canlar
Specialty Benefits
United Healthcare

Kathleen Schneider
National Vice President of Sales
SRC - An Aetna Company

Gary McGeddy
Executive Vice President
Fairmont Specialty

Ron Agypt
Vice President of Broker Sales
Aflac

Tony Dale
Chairman & Founder
The Karis Group

Charles R. Linn
President
eDocAmerica
MDOnline, LLC

Sam Fleet
CEO & President
AmWINS Group Benefits

Dave Keller
Senior Vice President
IHC Health Solutions
Member of IHC Group

Steven Frankel
Director of Corporate Services
The Farmington Company

Kimberly Darling
Founder & President
Competitive Health, Inc.

John Kuveikis
Enrollment & SCA Specialist
Government Benefit Services

Mark Bailey
Senior Vice President
CIGNA Voluntary

Jason B. Krouse
VP Specialized Markets
USI Affinity
Univers Workplace Benefits
Emerson Reid

R. William Kramer
Assistant Vice President
Limited Benefit Medical
Sales & Marketing
Reliance Standard Life
Insurance Company

Ken Smith
Director of Health Insurance
Assurity Life Insurance Company

Keith Appleton
Managing Director
Foundation One
Insurance Services, Ltd

Richard Bennett
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer
Medlink Healthcare Networks, Inc.

Lawrence Singer
Senior Vice President
The Segal Company

Thomas Blomberg
Assistant Vice President
Commerical Marketing
BCS Life Insurance Company
BCS Insurance Company

David P. Wilson
CEO
PRAM Insurance Services, Inc.

Robert M. “Matt” Noe
Vice President
Business Development
TransAmerica Worksite Marketing

Brad Billik
Regional Business
Development Manager
The Boon Group

Mark Keck
Executive Vice President
TransEngen, Inc.

Al Bentley
C1 Benefits

Kevin M. Smith
Regional Sales Director
Coverdell

Stephen Tucker
CEO
ICanBenefit

Sam Shatz
President
ICanBenefit

Judy Penman
The U.S. Department of Labor

Deborah Tatro
Vice President of
Marketing for Worksite
The Manhattan Insurance Group

Some of the sponsors are

Gold Sponsors
CIGNA
Coverdell

Silver Sponsors
Foundation One
Health Advocate
EdocAmerica
Aegis Administrative Services

Sponsors
Assurity
Benefits in a Card
Worksite Magazine
OptiMed Health
PRAM
USNOW
Reliance Standard
The Karis Group
Transengen
Free Health
Voluntary Benefits Association
Voluntary Benefits Magazine

The Voluntary Benefits conference is the first conference focused on employers and affinity groups and is the official conference of Voluntary Benefits Magazine and Worksite Magazine, which promises to provide you the most cutting edge advice and expertise.

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